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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 34 (setup 4, season 27)
Cardiff City
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Loris KARIUS71Marco SILVESTRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Greg HALFORD728Victor MOSES
Joe BENNETT3Aaron CRESSWELL
Mathieu BODMER847Stuart O'KEEFE
Rafael MARQUEZ Álvarez5Ragnar SIGURÐSSON
Aron Einar GUNNARSSON666Liam FONTAINE
GIOVANI dos Santos Ramírez77Mauro Abel FORMICA
Ibrahim AFELLAY78Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE
Victor ANICHEBE9Sylvan EBANKS-BLAKE
Dimitar BERBATOV106James McFADDEN
Milan BAROS11Hameur BOUAZZA
Manager
Armand TRAORÉ12Spase DILEVSKI
Jonas LÖSSL13Joe LUMLEY
Craig NOONE14Kelvin WILSON
Peter CROUCH15Chris DAGNALL
Matty KENNEDY16Stuart GIDDINGS

Cardiff City 2 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 15,467, Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium, Referee: Rob SHOEBRIDGE 7)
17 Baros, 45 BerbatovScorers89p Ebanks-Blake
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners3
19Fouls8
3Offsides5
3Shots on4
9Shots off5
12Total shots9
1Shots saved2
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: Mathieu BODMER
2A good ball from MARQUEZ on the left was collected by ANICHEBE who scuffed his shot inches over.
10ANICHEBE stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
12An exceptional strike from OWUSU-ABEYIE was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
16The Portsmouth 'keeper managed to claw away an amazing effort.
17GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of BAROS who lashed the ball past the helpless SILVESTRI. (1-0 Cardiff City)
18EBANKS-BLAKE shot over.
19The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing shot from O'KEEFE.
30ANICHEBE rushed a simple chance.
38O'KEEFE chipped the ball to CRESSWELL who turned it just beyond the near post.
41ANICHEBE beat MOSES and blasted the ball to AFELLAY who fumbled his effort wide.
44The 'keeper dived to his left to stop an accurate shot from Portsmouth's O'KEEFE.
45GOAL!! An energetic AFELLAY ran down the right wing and dragged the ball back for BERBATOV to hammer home. (2-0 Cardiff City)
45+1EBANKS-BLAKE headed over.
 
51A mix up in the Cardiff City defence enabled OWUSU-ABEYIE to thump an effort wide.
52A accurate pass fell to ANICHEBE and his deadly effort floated narrowly wide.
64ANICHEBE ran onto a delightful ball from BODMER but toe-poked his effort wide of the righthand post.
69BOUAZZA brought the ball round AFELLAY and poked a weak shot into the crowd.
77A great effort from AFELLAY scraped the outside of the post.
78A corner was collected by MARQUEZ who fired the ball over the bar.
84BAROS flicked a left foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
89GOAL!! Portsmouth were awarded a penalty after a foul on O'KEEFE, and EBANKS-BLAKE put it past KARIUS who managed to get a hand to the ball.